I am writing a wxPython app in which I want (at the moment) to print the name of the key that was pressed. I have a dictionary that maps, for example, the WXK_BACK to "back" which seems a sane. However, which file must I import (include?) to get the definition of WXK_BACK ?
I have the import wx statement, but am unsure which specific file holds the secrets
All key names can be directly used after importing wx module e.g
>>> import wx
>>> wx.WXK_BACK
8
also you do not need to generate key to name map by hand, you generate keycode to name mapping automatically e.g.
import wx
keyMap = {}
for varName in vars(wx):
if varName.startswith("WXK_"):
keyMap[varName] = getattr(wx, varName)
print keyMap
Then in OnChar you can just do this
def OnChar(self, evt):
try:
print keyMap[evt.GetKeyCode()]
except KeyError:
print "keycode",evt.GetKeyCode(), "not found"
You only need to import wx for the WXK_BACK symbol. Code that looks something like the following should work.
import wx
class MyClass( wx.Window ):
def __init__(self):
self.Bind(wx.EVT_CHAR, self.OnChar)
def OnChar(self, evt):
x = evt.GetKeyCode()
if x==wx.WXK_BACK:
print "back"
